Big stripes for kids as well and 5th Butterick 6492

Butterick 6492 was all I wanted to wear lately and the big stripes was big step in getting the back have some interest as well. The big stripes fabric was really fun to work with so I used the remaining pieces for the kids and used some superhero embroidery appliques:

And another version of the Butterick 6492 that was supposed to be for my mom with the same modifications to the back and sides as the big stripes one. It turned out the sleeves were a bit to fitted for my mom so one more fore me. The drape, weight and feel is just perfect in this jersey so I am quite happy with it:

I just can't stop twirl:

At the end of January was my father in law birthday so this year I finally tried to make something from him as well since I found out he felt a bit left out. I used Kwik Sew 3299:

in a very nice weather knit with fleece on the inside. The fabric was not easy to handle as it was rather thick but I think it turned out nice. with a few adjustments on the shoulders I might be able to make him a few tees this summer.

I have a lot of plans in the near feature so I keep buying new fabrics. This year score is Sewing 18 - Shopping 14 so far.

New skort pattern and the 1st Kwik Sew pattern for me

Since I have seen the shorts with crossover in Burda last summer I have been in love with them. My stripes attempt was not that bad but they were very short and tight so I only wore them to the beach.

 My second attempt to make them more city wear was not that bright either ( I should have enlarged the wrap panels as well):

 So I kept wanting a better version of a skort. So when I seen the Simplicity pattern I knew I have to try it as well:

I went from start with 4cm length added since some of the previous versions I seen on the web did seem short. But this time I did the length increase on the skirt panels as well so I kept the look. I have used a beautiful 10% stretch denim that I initially wanted for another pair of cropped Eleonore jeans but the stretch was not enough. And now that I sewed this instead I am happy I did not try it anyway because I did use some Eleonore jeans elements to my shorts: the back pockets and a larger version of the waistband and they still slip a little difficult unlike the blue pair that had the required stretch even if I used more fabric to this waistband and I tensed the elastic a tittle bit to still fit me OK:

Over all I am very pleased with this pair except that the leg is a bit to wide but I plan to sew them again and try fix that issue as well. We will see how that goes:

I wanted a top to match better my new skirt and I tried for the 1st time a Kwik Sew pattern - 3616

It is a nice and very easy pattern. I really liked their tissue paper and the instructions but my fabric stretched a bit at the neck line and my attempt to fix the gap messed a bit with my pattern matching in the front and that really bugs me but still is a soft and comfortable top to wear and the colors go just perfectly with the shorts denim: